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The Voyage of the Beagle

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The book, also known as Darwin's Journal of Researches, is a vivid and exciting travel memoir as well as a detailed scientific field journal covering biology, geology, and anthropology that demonstrates Darwin's keen powers of observation, written at a time when Western Europeans were still discovering and exploring much of the rest of the world. Although Darwin revisited some areas during the expedition, for clarity the chapters of the book are ordered by reference to places and locations rather than chronologically. With hindsight, ideas which Darwin would later develop into his theory of evolution by natural selection are hinted at in his notes and in the book (Summary from Wikipedia) (21 hr 50 min)

Chapters

00 - Preface

4:47

Read by Roger Turnau

01-1 - St. Jago and Cape De Verd Islands

28:25

Read by Scott Robbins

01-2 - St. Jago and Cape De Verd Islands

19:15

Read by Scott Robbins

02-1 - Rio de Janeiro

27:10

Read by Scott Robbins

02-2 - Rio de Janeiro

28:30

Read by Scott Robbins

03-1 - Maldonado

31:51

Read by Roger Turnau

03-2 - Maldonado

29:46

Read by Roger Turnau

04-1 - Rio Negro to Bahia Blanca

22:47

Read by Leon Mire

04-2 - Rio Negro to Bahia Blanca

23:23

Read by Leon Mire

05-1 - Bahia Blanca

32:15

Read by Roger Turnau

05-2 - Bahia Blanca

31:31

Read by Roger Turnau

06-1 - Bahia Blanca to Buenos Ayres

23:53

Read by Gilles Lehoux

06-2 - Bahia Blanca to Buenos Ayres

24:53

Read by Catharine Eastman

07-1 - Buenos Ayres and St. Fe

22:15

Read by J. M. Smallheer

07-2 - Buenos Ayres and St. Fe

21:59

Read by J. M. Smallheer

08-1 - Banda Oriental and Patagonia

30:13

Read by M.C.Y.

08-2 - Banda Oriental and Patagonia

32:41

Read by Claude Banta

08-3 - Banda Oriental and Patagonia

30:30

Read by Claude Banta

09-1 - Santa Cruz, Patagonia, and the Falkland Islands

30:29

Read by Claude Banta

09-2 - Santa Cruz, Patagonia, and the Falkland Islands

44:09

Read by Shubda

10-1 - Tierra del Fuego

30:04

Read by Rob Whelan

10-2 - Tierra del Fuego

32:30

Read by Rob Whelan

11-1 - Strait of Magellan and Climate of the Southern Coasts

29:46

Read by Anna Simon

11-2 - Strait of Magellan and Climate of the Southern Coasts

25:45

Read by Anna Simon

12-1 - Central Chile

23:58

Read by Zachary Brewster-Geisz

12-2 - Central Chile

28:21

Read by Zachary Brewster-Geisz

13-1 - Chiloe and Chonos Islands

19:24

Read by Arouet

13-2 - Chiloe and Chonos Islands

23:23

Read by Arouet

14-1 - Chiloe and Concepcion: Great Earthquake

26:09

Read by Anna Simon

14-2 - Chiloe and Concepcion: Great Earthquake

27:01

Read by Anna Simon

15-1 - Passage of the Cordillera

27:58

Read by Gavin Smith

15-2 - Passage of the Cordillera

29:41

Read by Gavin Smith

16-1 - Northern Chile and Peru

28:21

Read by Karen Savage

16-2 - Northern Chile and Peru

27:24

Read by Karen Savage

16-3 - Northern Chile and Peru

25:46

Read by Karen Savage

17-1 - Galapagos Archipelago

28:11

Read by Lizzie Driver

17-2 - Galapagos Archipelago

32:25

Read by Lizzie Driver

17-3 - Galapagos Archipelago

26:17

Read by Lizzie Driver

18-1 - Tahiti and New Zealand

22:58

Read by Laurie Anne Walden

18-2 - Tahiti and New Zealand

29:40

Read by Chris Chapman

18-3 - Tahiti and New Zealand

26:02

Read by Carol Goode

19-1 - Australia

38:09

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)

19-2 - Australia

31:00

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)

20-1 - Keeling Island: Coral Formations

23:43

Read by Joseph Ugoretz

20-2 - Keeling Island: Coral Formations

26:50

Read by Joseph Ugoretz

20-3 - Keeling Island: Coral Formations

22:00

Read by Joseph Ugoretz

21-1 - Mauritius to England

29:08

Read by Zachary Brewster-Geisz

21-2 - Mauritius to England

27:47

Read by Zachary Brewster-Geisz

Bewertungen

Fascinating

(5 Sterne)

I would never have read this book in a million years if it wasn't an audiobook. It's a fascinating account of discovery and science in a different era to our modern times and values.Darwin and his Entourage were incredibly brave and suffered significant hardships in the pursuit of understanding and knowledge. These are not always the attributes I impress upon a man who I imagine sitting in the Royal Geographic Society in London with his books. the many readers of these chapters brought life and interest to this otherwise rather dry subject. I do recommend this book to anybody with an interest in history or natural sciences.

(5 Sterne)

Wonderful text. Poor pronunciation by several readers was a little annoying but to hear the voice of a young Darwin made it well worth the time. In the absence of maps I found it useful to follow the text with an atlas and Google Earth.

(3 Sterne)

Mostly clear recording and good narration, other than the usual butchering of some technical terms. Some chapters though are very bad. A very interesting travelogue style narrative, not what I was expecting.

1830s travel log

(4,5 Sterne)

Great travel log from the 1830s, found it very entertaining to hear about a different time of sailing around the world, true exploration.

Fascinating

(4 Sterne)

Very worthwhile. Some readers were not so good, but overall enjoyable.

What a journey in time across 'down under' back again & beyond!

(5 Sterne)

well read

(5 Sterne)

the readers were generally very good